# Gian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,033 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,033 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 311, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 121 | 1,378 |
| 2012 | 114 | 1,450 |
| 2013 | 107 | 1,515 |
| 2014 | 122 | 1,391 |
| 2015 | 151 | 1,220 |
| 2016 | 141 | 1,290 |
| 2017 | 127 | 1,388 |
| 2018 | 151 | 1,230 |
| 2019 | 129 | 1,384 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,202 |
| 2021 | 234 | 958 |
| 2022 | 250 | 924 |
| 2023 | 328 | 777 |
| 2024 | 264 | 897 |
| 2025 | 244 | 956 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Gian

- Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milano
- Gian-Carlo Coppola, film producer and actor (1963-1986)
- Gianfranco Terenzi, Captain Regent of San Marino (1941-2020)
- Gian van Veen, Dutch darts player
- Gian Fadri Caderas
- Gian Villante, American martial artist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.